Management Manager

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SATHYA GANESAN

Crystal Lake, IL ***** 480-***-**** ******.*******@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/sathyaganesan HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PRODUCT STRATEGY LEADER Develop product strategies that improve bottom line and create innovative products from cradle to grave. Team player with strong problem solving and communication skills. Adept at managing cross-functional teams.

• Defined product vision and led end-to-end strategy development and implementation for mobile & IoT products.

• Managed end-to-end product management for enterprise servers targeting big data & cloud computing technologies.

• Adept at building external strategic partnerships and internal strategic alliances with multiple stakeholders.

• BTech (Honors) in Engineering from IIT, MS in Engineering with full scholarship and MBA from Chicago Booth. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MOTOROLA MOBILITY (A LENOVO COMPANY) Chicago, Illinois Product Strategy Lead (part of internal Strategy & Operations team) Oct 2014 – Dec 2015 Defined product vision & led strategy development and implementation for $1.6 Billion mobile and IoT products.

• Architected cost leadership strategy and operational plan for mobile and wearables product that led to 7% and 11% increase in gross margin respectively. Led initiatives to assess product-market fit, optimize channel strategy & operating model and manage skew complexity. Rated top performer among peer leaders in 2015 review.

• Led a cross functional post-merger integration team that re-engineered business processes and cross pollinated best practices between Lenovo and Motorola businesses. Identified $200 Million in cost synergies with Motorola products and developed operational plan that realized immediate savings by consolidating parts and suppliers.

• Developed market research and business cases for new product introduction and entering new markets. Collaborated with finance team to build comprehensive models for budgeting, financial forecasting and scenario planning.

• Influenced future roadmap and long-term product portfolio planning decisions by acting as a change agent and building internal strategic alliances with key decision makers across the organization. MOTOROLA MOBILITY (A GOOGLE COMPANY) Chicago, Illinois Cost Strategist / Chief of Staff for Head of Semiconductors & Electricals Procurement Aug 2013 – Oct 2014 Led cost strategy for $2 Billion semiconductors and electricals category spend (hardware and software). Designed KPIs and category targets to meet cost reduction goals across all products.

• Led strategic cost reduction and spend transformation that resulted in 55% reduction in supply base, 15% increase in spend leverage and 13% reduction in overall spend.

• Facilitated pre-merger integration planning activities for business acquisition by Lenovo from Google that identified all key areas of operational synergies in procurement and supply management.

• Influenced product design through early engagement with key partners in engineering and product management, platforming key components and sourcing standardized versus custom parts from external suppliers.

• Initiated and completed due diligence and sourcing of top-down market intelligence and bottoms-up clean sheet / should cost models for key semiconductor components that enabled effective price negotiations with suppliers.

• Conducted market research and analysis on competitive landscape, technology trends and supply base financials. Provided thought leadership on macro trends in technology sector and global economy in internal publications. INTEL CORPORATION Chandler, Arizona

Strategic Planner (20% Time Role) May 2011 – Aug 2013 Performed multiple due diligence and ROI analyses for new growth and innovation initiatives in the mobile space.

• Facilitated development of strategic roadmaps and product requirement documents (PRD) by analyzing use cases and extracting data from focus group results.

• Developed marketing and pricing strategies to achieve market penetration and margin objectives. 2

Product Program Manager Dec 2007 – Aug 2013

Managed product management and global product development to enable the hardware ecosystem for enterprise server products targeting big data & cloud computing technologies. Successfully enabled flawless execution (from concept to launch) of 4 complex product programs within budget. Rated among Top 10% of all peer managers from 2011-2013.

• Managed entire product line: drove the product vision, roadmap & requirements and executed product initiatives.

• Built and nurtured strategic partnerships with end OEM customers like Dell, IBM & HP. Led efforts to understand end customer use conditions and usage profile and translated them into customer requirement document (CRD).

• Developed analytical framework for risk management that successfully arbitraged risks and reduced escalations.

• Collaborated with legal, supply chain and finance teams in resolving issues related to business contracts, intellectual property management, supply base financial health assessment, strategic partnership engagements and terminations. Technology Development Engineer Feb 2005 – Dec 2007 Managed technology development for hardware used in enterprise server systems.

• Used lean and agile methods to streamline product testing, which resulted in 70% reduction in technology development cost. Led lean and six sigma initiatives resulting in 50% reduction in inventory cost.

• Created test strategies and innovative predictive modeling techniques that characterized performance limits of processor sockets and power connectors for enterprise server systems and used as gold standard in industry. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND – CALCE RESEARCH CENTER College Park, Maryland Graduate Research Assistant Aug 2002 – Jan 2004

• Managed research projects on assessing system level reliability of electronics hardware used in avionics & oil rigs. TATA MOTORS Pimpri, India

Production Engineer July 2000 – May 2002

• Managed multiple projects on lean, six sigma & continuous improvement for new product introduction of trucks. CERTIFICATIONS

• Completed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Levels I and II.

• Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Certified Chartered Market Technician (CMT).

• Completed Financial Modeling Workshop from “Training The Street”. EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Chicago, Illinois Master of Business Administration (MBA) Dec 2012

• Concentrations in Strategic Management, Finance & Economics. Dean’s Honors List.

• 1st place winner in “2012 CME Group Electronic Trading Challenge” out of 164 teams competing worldwide.

• 1st place winner in spring 2012 Chicago Booth Investment Management Group Stock Pitch Competition.

• 2nd place winner in “2011 Building New Venture” startup class competition out of 15 teams competing internally. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND College Park, Maryland

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering Dec 2004

• Recipient of merit based research assistantship. Published papers in prestigious IEEE journals and conferences.

• Selected in 2004 Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT) Kharagpur, India Bachelor of Technology (Honors), Manufacturing Science and Engineering May 2000

• Top engineering college in India. Ranked in top 1% in all India IIT entrance examination. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL Chandler, Arizona

Leader, Member & Mentor 2005 - 2013

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